Zombiewood

Biting satire

by James Nouch 25/4/2012

At times, it almost seems as though Gameloft's latest game is trying to say something.

Set in a Hollywood that's been overrun by festering zombies, the game tasks you with gunning down the walking dead in-between running fetch-quest errands for every vacuous survivor you encounter.

Perhaps some sensitive soul at Gameloft HQ is trying to make a statement here - satirising the stagnation of the USA's entertainment epicentre and a population that couldn't even cast aside its superficiality in the face of a zombie apocalypse.

Or perhaps not

However you choose to interpret Zombiewood's undead uprising, it's certainly a wide-ranging contagion. You step into the action as Seth, and spend the game surrounded by brain-hungry Hollywood phoneys. ...

A perfectly fun arcade blaster, Zombiewood is too lacking in excitement and variety to wholeheartedly recommend

RATINGS
Audio/visual: 8
Gameplay: 7
Value: 6
Innovation: 6
Overall: 7